'William Tell Research' Autograph Authentication?

[Dalkiel]

Anyone familiar with these people? The authenticator's name is Frank Garo.

[shelly]

He is one step above Morales.

[bluebirds]

If Frank Garo is a step above Morales, you're a 1000 steps below everyone else with your smug, sanctimonious diatribes against everyone that you do not deign to have "clean hands". I and many other collectors have used Frank Garo and found him to not only be good but HONEST. Unfortunately, he's not in the "big boys" loop and gets lumped together with incompetents by know it alls like you. By the way Mr. Jaffe, unlike you, Mr. Garo has never been in trouble with the law and does not wake up every day a convicted felon.
Martin Green

[danc]

This sounds like a troll like set up of some sorts. Jaffe has done a great deal to repair his image and is well respected now. Who better to know and report what other authenticators and companies are doing? Hey, didn't Mr. Garo fail the HBO Real Sports test?

Dan

[canjond]

Originally Posted by danc

This sounds like a troll like set up of some sorts. Jaffe has done a great deal to repair his image and is well respected now. Who better to know and report what other authenticators and companies are doing? Hey, didn't Mr. Garo fail the HBO Real Sports test?

Dan

Dan - I certainly don't think he is a troll; just someone voicing his opinion which is fine to do. After all, he did post his name, too.

[Frank A]

Gee, I watched TV when 2 of James Spence's "authenticators" looked stupid calling a fake auto real. Everyone still thinks spence is ok. As far as I'm concerned none of these guys give a positive id to any of this stuff. Only an opinion. You know what. I can do that to. It's all bologna. Theres tons of stuff out there that has been called good by all of them that is probably fake. The whole thing is a joke. So who is to say with certainty that one is good and one is bad. NO ONE>

[DICKTOWLE]

Originally Posted by Dalkiel

Anyone familiar with these people? The authenticator's name is Frank Garo.

Yes, he is awesome and his ability to detect is awesome- he has been doing this for a least 15 years or longer. A fine gentlemen to talk to also.

[RichardSimon]

The shill who got booted stated "Mr Garo was just getting started full time when Operation Bullpen went down" yet the latest post states Mr Garo has been around for 15 years. Which is it? Guys you should get your story straight before posting here.

[autograf]

Richard.....that looks like a winking smiley face in Dick's post. I'm going to take that to mean that it's a tongue in cheek comment. I thought when I first saw this that something was up. Nice catch Leon...............

[RichardSimon]

I certainly apologize if that remark was tongue in cheek,,,
at least Leon got rid of that shill,, wonder who it was ??

[Rich Klein]

Is that Mr. Garo began authenticating around when OB went down. However; as stated earlier; he has been in the hobby for a long time. His dealing and show promoting background is not the same as autograph authentication.

[Leon]

I don't think the original poster, who started this thread, is a shill, from the communications we have had. No doubt this bluebirds idiot WAS a shill.....or at least is a bogus person on the board.....well, now banned from the board.

[JoshSiegel]

The scans listed with the Ruth signature looks just like one that was sold on eBay last summer/fall. If it is the same one it sold for around $1500 or so. I figured eBay did not boot it because the signature was difficult to verify the authenticity.